{"id":109773,"date":"2020-02-14T11:34:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T09:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=109773"},"modified":"2020-02-14T11:34:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T09:34:43","slug":"protests-mhluzi-flare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/02\/14\/protests-mhluzi-flare\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests in Mhluzi flare up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mhluzi residents have blockaded roads and imposed threats on motorists since yesterday morning, after facing day 14 without water.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Mayor, Bagudi Tolo, made an appearance before a disgruntled mob yesterday in Tokologo, where he addressed their questions and explained the reasons behind the lengthy water interruptions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109776\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/strike2-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/strike2-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/strike2-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More reports of protest action circulated in the early hours of the morning but the situation was again stabilized by police.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of a flare up in protest action in Extension 5 has been confirmed and motorists are urged to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>Police are at the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the efforts by Public Order Policing units to stifle the violent protest action in Mhluzi, the unrest has flared up once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":109676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Sjani Campher","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[10010,23354,12898,23356,23353,23355,23352,10333],"class_list":["post-109773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-mhluzi-water-interruptions","tag-middelburg-news","tag-protest-action-in-mhluzi-flares-up","tag-protests-in-mhluzi","tag-residents-in-mhluzi-protest-over-water-interruptions","tag-strikes-in-mhluzi","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["local news","mhluzi water interruptions","middelburg news","protest action in mhluzi flares up","protests in mhluzi","residents in mhluzi protest over water interruptions","strikes in mhluzi","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}